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Crock A Doodle!

in Family, Travel on 04/17/13

Travel can be hectic.  My SweetGirl and I recently had the opportunity to spend three fun nights at the Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood while she competed in a Dance Competition, and I was determined to make the very most of it!  We had hot chocolate dates, spent obscene amounts of money at the candy store, took long walks through the village, stayed up too late watching TV, and perhaps best of all spent more than two solid hours creating some masterpieces at Crock A Doodle.  A place to pick a piece of pottery and let your creative energy flow.  Or for me, more a place to relax, chat and just have fun.

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I loved every single minute of it.  There is something kind of magical about a couple of uninterrupted hours of one on one quality time with you daughter.  I hope she knows how much joy she brings me.  I treasure the opportunities to make these memories, and can’t wait to see what adventure we tackle next!

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    1. OrangeHeroMama says

      April 17, 2013 at 9:11 pm

      I can’t believe that I’ve never done this with my girls…I’ve always wanted to!!

      Thanks for stopping by 🙂

    2. Lauren @ Hobo Mama says

      April 17, 2013 at 6:57 pm

      How fun to have such special mom-daughter time! I’d love to try one of those pottery painting places sometime — they look like a lot of fun.

    3. Parent Club says

      April 17, 2013 at 6:51 pm

      LOVE crock a doodle! We painted ds’s hand and put it on a mug there – its a great keepsake of his baby days.

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      April 17, 2013 at 5:00 pm

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    5. Jen P says

      April 17, 2013 at 4:40 pm

      cute! can’t wait to get crafty with our little peanut 🙂

    6. posh says

      April 17, 2013 at 3:19 pm

      That is a lot of fun

    7. Buttons says

      April 17, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      Oh time with our girls there is nothing better:) B

    8. Debby@Just Breathe says

      April 17, 2013 at 2:56 pm

      Sounds like it was perfect!

    9. Angela says

      April 17, 2013 at 2:37 pm

      We love to add activities like these when travel takes us to competitions and sporting events with the kids–adds something fun to enjoy with their hard work!

    10. Debi Fitzsimmons says

      April 17, 2013 at 2:23 pm

      I have been wanting to take my daughter to one of these pottery making things. I think it would be a lot of fun.

    11. Optimistic Existentialist says

      April 17, 2013 at 2:22 pm

      This sounds and looks like it was a fun time 🙂

    12. cheryoncake says

      April 17, 2013 at 1:36 pm

      I still have the mugs I did with my children years ago at our equivalent, here in London…they hold lovely memories of quality time spent with my little ones – when they were little !!

    13. Soozle says

      April 17, 2013 at 1:15 pm

      I have seen a few bloggers having friend/daughter dates recently at their local pottery (? is that what I would call it?) locations..

      I am in love with the idea of doing the same with a few girlfriends of mine! YEARS back I went with a few gals and we had a blast – it would be fun to do it again!

      Glad to hear you had a great time with your daughter!

    14. Rossana [Being Gluten Free] says

      April 17, 2013 at 12:04 pm

      Have a gift card I need to use for them …it does look like fun! 🙂

    15. Jo says

      April 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

      That looks like so much fun!

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